The Joint Committee of the MRC (the Joint Committee/JC) held its Forty-Seventh Meeting (hereinafter referred to as “The Meeting”), on 28-29 August 2018 in Vientiane, Lao PDR. The proposed Agenda items include the following (Appendix No.1: Provisional Agenda):

The financial statements for 2017 and auditors’ report presents the financial statements of the Mekong Integrated Water Resources Management Project audited for 2017. The audit was conducted by KPMG in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (ISAs).

The Annual Report Part 1 is a report from the Mekong River Commission Secretariat on the key MRC achievements at the level of outcomes for the year 2017 in the implementation of the overall MRC Strategic Plan 2016-2020 and Annual Work Plan 2017 as well as a brief financial report summary. Part 2 presents detailed progress reporting on the Annual Work Plan 2017 in terms of outputs and activities under each outcome, as well as detailed financial reporting.